Collar button



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COLLAR BUTTON. APPLICATIQN nuzn sEP'Ls. x921.

1,414,617. Patented May 2,1922.

VINVENTOR: W v BY a fTTORNEY a PATENT orrice.

saivionnnnnonnn, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, IASSIGNQOR TO .ro'snpg ornnonn ISLAND.

To all 10710122 it may concern:

Be it known that l, SAM EL BLAcHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented'certain new and usefulImprovements in C01- lar Buttons, of whichthe following is a particularly to buttons of the-lever type for use in the neckbands of shirts and other articles of apparel.

The principal object of the invention is to provide collar-button of the class de scribed having a folding clamp or lever for insertion through thebutton-holes of the garments and adapted to close flat against the neckband to prevent it from catching or interfering with the other articles of'apparelnnd from causing the coat-collar to bulge or bunch.

One object of the improvement is to provide a collar-button otsimplified construction having a minimum number of parts adapted for economical manufacture from sheet-metal.

Telnet-her object ofthe improvement is to provide a button in which the parts may be more easily and quickly assembled, and

having a structure which is more durable in use.v I

Further objects of the improvement are set forth in the "following specification which describes a preterred'embodiment of the invention as illustrated by the acompanying drawings. l

' In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the com:

plete button .showing its lever or clamp in open position;

. Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view of thesame taken on the line 2-2 of Flg. 1;

Fig. 3, a similar view showing the lever closed;

Fig. 4, a perspective view of the saucerlike shell or back of the button;

Fig. 5, a perspective view of the resilient disk or spring-plate of the button;

Fig. 6 a plan view of the hinge-plate therefor;

Fig. 7 a sectional view of the same taken on the line 77 of Fig. 6; and

Fig. 8, a perspective view of the lever or clamp-member of the button.

In general my improved collar-button relates to collar-buttons and p MILLER, INCORPORATED, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION COLLAR nu'r'ron.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lylay 2, 1922,

Application filed September 6, 1921. Serial No. 498,770.

cured within the rolled rim of the shell; a

lever or clamp-1nember-5 pivoted on the hinge-plate 4; and a disk-like washer or spring-plate 6 arranged beneath the hingeplate 4 and adapted to act on the-lever 5 to hold thelatter in either opened or closed osition.

All of the several parts of the button are preferably stamped from sheet-metal and 'formed to the required shape in suitable dies operated in a stamp or punch-press. Referring toF g. 4, the main shell or back 3 of the button is constructed from a circular blank which has its edge bent upwardly of to adapt it tofie r downwardly asshown' in Figs; 2 and 3.

The hinge-plate 4 is likewise constructed froma circular disk of sheet-metal and is provided with a slot-like opening 10 extending radially from its center. ()n either side of the opening 10 the plate 4 is formed with arciiate ears or hinge-sockets 11 struck up from themetal of the plate. Outwardly beyond the ears or sockets 11 the plate 4 is provided with raised abutments or swellings 12 which provide reinforcement-s or stiffening ribs for the ears 11, and also serve for another purpose as later explained.

Between the abutments 12 the bridge-portion of the plate 4 is in the same plane as the main part of the plate, see Figs. 2 and 3. The plate 4 is also provided with an upstanding, circular rib 14 formed by striking up the metal in arcuate contour, the purpose of the same being to stiffen the plate to prevent it from buckling.

At a point opposite from the hinge-sockets 11 the edge of the plate 4 is sheared to form two pointed prongs 15 which are bent upwardly to adapt them to cooperate with the lever 5 to grip the neckband of the garment held therebetween.

The lever 5 consists of a strip of sheetmetal having its upper end of oval contour lever 5. I l w The several parts of the device are assembled to form the'finished' button in the "manner as next explained; The springplate 6 is first placed in, the shell 8, in the and provided with a reduced shank at 1 6,-

thelowerpo'rtion of which is bent'at rightangles'to form'a rest l7.' The sides of'the rest 17 are formed with integral lateral pro jections 18 which serve, as hinge-pins or .trunnions for, pivoting the lever 5 in the sockets 11 of the hinge-plate 4:. At the'end of the rest 17 is a curved lugior finger '19 which bears against the top of the spring- .plate 6, to control theturning-action of the position shown in Fig. 2, and after the lever 5 hasbeen assembled with the hinge-plate 4cv by placing its trunnions 18 in the sockets llp the hinge-plate lis, set in the shell ,3 overlyingthe spring-plate 6. The flanged rim 8 of the shell- 3; isthen rolled or swaged over'the edge of the hinge-plate 4: to 11111138 thei parts in cooperative relation, the whole button being thus completed without soldering or riveting. a Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the button with its clamp or lever 5-in open'position and to applyit to usethe oval head of the lever is inserted through the buttonholes of the neckbancl and collar, after which the lever is pressed downwardly intorthe position shown in Fig; 3. As thelever 5 is turned down against'lthe back ofthebuttohits curved lug .or finger19'rides ELCITOSS the up perface offthespring-plate 6 and flexes the latter to a concaved form whereby itstensionacts to hold the lever inclosed'rela tion'.v In this latter ';=position the: lever 5 V clamps the collar and neckban'd against the sharp-pointedprongs 1530f the hinge-plate V .4, thus tending to hold the collar firmlyiin place while preventing'the button from ridwing main the buttonholeand from sliding laterally thereof. The lever 5' sits substan- Itially flat against the collar without protruding outwardly therefrom and hence the improved button will notcatch' in the other.

garments of the wearer orgcause the coat collar to bulge or hang 'aWay atthe rear.

Torelease the clamp or lever.5 it is only necessary to insert the finger under its outer endand to tilt it upwardly, whereuponthe button is easily removed from the collar and n'eckband: As the lever 5 is tilted back to open position its finger 19 again rides over the face of the spring-plate 6 and the spring action of the latter causes the lever to be held upright with its bent rest-portion 17 .seatedagainst theflat top ofthe hinge-plate lbetween the raised abutments '12. The opposite, parallel shoulders of the abutments 12 bear against the sides of the rest 17 to prevent it frombeing skewed out of alinement and serve. as a brace or reinforcement for-thelever 5 to hold it rigidlyin open position" whereby it resists side ressure tending to cramp it on its hinges.

y improved button therefore has greater strength andfstaunchness than the usual device of this type and is consequently more efli- ,cientin operation and more durable in use.

Having nowdescribed the structure and arrangement ofmy improved button and explanned the nature of the improvement, I

claim: H a r v 7 An article of the type specified comprising-a back-plate, a hinge-platesecured there- .to and formed with a central opening'hav- .ing upstanding socketed' ears on its sides and raisedabutmentsextending rearwardly from said ears toward the edge of the plate to provide opposite parallel shoulderson the upper face of theplate, and an 'L-shaped trunnions pivoted in the ears on the hingeplate,,saidl everadapted to be closed against the hinge-plate and to be tilted into upright position in relation thereto, the rest ,on-said leverbeing arranged to sit flat lever having a rest-portion provided withn sid es confinedbetwe'en the opposite shoulders 

